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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years does Mademoiselle spend with the family?
(a) Seven.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Two
(d) Five.

2. Why is the family forced to leave Russia?
(a) Their religion is being persecuted.
(b) The father is in trouble with the police.
(c) The revolution has ended.
(d) Their visas have expired.

3. Why does little Vladimir close his eyes at the bottom of each stairway?
(a) His father is taking him to bed.
(b) His nanny is coaxing him up the stairs.
(c) He and his mother are playing a game on the way to the children's sleeping rooms.
(d) He and his brother are playing hide and seek.

4. After his retirement, from what does Dimitri Nabokov begin to suffer?
(a) Emphysema.
(b) Heart disease.
(c) Dementia.
(d) Arthritis.

5. What does the butterfly net in particular always invite?
(a) Intriguing discussions.
(b) Curious visitors.
(c) Awkward comments.
(d) Exciting questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are two events that Nabokov remembers watching outside his mother's window?

2. What does Nabokov claim stems more from an ecological longing for the place of his birth, than in his family's loss of property and station?

3. What does this thriving upper-class tourist industry offer?

4. Why, when Nabokov is a child, is he terrified of the dark?

5. How long does the family stay in Paris?

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